Why Won't Netanyahu Hold Security Cabinet Meeting From Plane (Will when lands in
afternoon)
Dr. Aaron Lerner 27 July 2024

It was just announced that while Prime Minister Netanyahu is about to hold
urgent consultations via the telephone from his hotel in America, it was
also reported that Netanyahu will hold a meeting of the Security Cabinet when he
lands in Israel Sunday afternoon.

The Israeli taxpayers spent over $200 million so that our PM has a plane
outfitted with the equipment required to provide the secure bandwidth and
other equipment needed so that Netanyahu has an almost seamless interface
with the information he would rely on if he were sitting in the "Pit" - the
underground Command and Control Center in the Kirya in Tel Aviv.

I will cynically and painfully suggest that the main "benefit" of not
exploiting the capabilities of the plane to remotely hold the Security Cabinet
meeting in the coming hours is that it gives the Americans enough time to
not only warn us not to do anything but also come up with a tangible threat
of how the Biden Administration will punish the Jewish State if we
"overreact".

I fervently hope that the message about the delayed Security Cabinet meeting is
designed to try and restore the element of surprise...

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Prime Minister's Office Statement
Saturday, July 27, 2024
The reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemingly decided to bring forward his return to the country as a result of criticism are completely mendacious.

The Prime Minister decided to bring forward his return immediately upon being informed of the terrible disaster in Majdal Shams and even updated the Defense Minister to this effect before the false criticism was voiced in the media.

Prime Minister Netanyahu will convene the Security Cabinet immediately upon his return to Israel.



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